Perpetual automobile license-plate



R. HARDESTY.

PERPETUAL AUTOMOBILE LICENSE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. IOI 1918.

Patented Jul y L99 H2L @was remar-car.; aU'roiaoBiLn License-raars.

application led. October 10, 1918.

- simple, durable and eiiicient in construction;

as'shownin Fig. 2. y H ik n 3 is of suiiicient size to tit properly within it is a further object to provide a perpetual plate of this class, with means for indicating the year and class of vehicle for which the license is issued, which means can be readily removed and replaced without destroying the plate.

The above and other features of advantages and capabilities will become apparent from a detailed description of the accompanying drawings, in which l have illustrated a perpetual license plate embodying one form ot my construction, but the construction there shown is to be understood as illustrative only, and not as defining the limits of my invention.

Lliigure l is a plan view of a license plate with a removable supplemental plate secured in place, carrying characters indicat ing the year, State for which the license is granted, price oit the license and number.

Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective view of a portion of the main plate, showing the supplemental plate, and means tor attaching to the main plate removed therefrom, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the main plate substantially on the line 3--3 ot Fig. 1. a

Referring to the drawings in detail, the main plate 1, which usually carries the characters indicating the State for which the,

license is granted, and the numberi ot' the license, is provided near one end with lugs 2, which are struck u from the plate as best he supplemental plate the lugs 2 on the main plate 1, and is slid in from the side. This supplemental plate 3 is provided with a series o t openings t. which register with the openings 5 in the main plate when the supplemental plate has been slid home, in which position it is held by the clip 6, which is rovided with tongues 7, designed to pass t rough the registered (an openings in the supplemental and main 'Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jially 119, temi.

Serial No. 257,549.

plates and bend over on the under side, as best shown in Fig. 3. rllhe parts are all constructed of metal, and the indicating characters on both the main and supplemental plates embossed thereon, or otherwise properly fixed thereto. The main plate is used from year to year by the owner carrying v the same number for his license, but the supplemental plate may be removed and replaced each year, or whenever desired, which supplemental plate carries a character indieating the year for which the license is granted, a character indicating the State, city or territory for which it is granted, and a character indicating the price of the license, which is a very important iteature as it readily detects the use of a license on a car other than the grade for which it was granted. To bring out more clearly this feature, the price of the annual license in most States depends on the horse power of the car, ranging, say for example, from $10 down to $2.50. lt frequently occurs that one owning a high power car would represent it to be a Ford or some other cheap car, secure a license for $2.50 and put it on a high power car, and after doing so one would not be able on inspection to vdeternfiine from the license plate used the price of the license or the grade of car for which it was issued, but with my invention, by having some symbol or character, such as A., B. C, D, etc., to indicate the different prices paid for licenses` the user is then unable to use a license secured for a cheap car on a high power car, without being readily detected from an inspection of the plate. This also has the further advantage of enabling an inspector to easily and quickly check up a car on which the license has not been fully paid. rl`he supplemental plate also carries numbers, symbols or characters corresponding with the number on the main plate. lf an owner secured one of these perpetual license plates for a cheap -car at a license of $2.50, which license was before the year expired obtained a higher powered car, he could use the saine perpetual plate for the higher priced car, by Simply obtaining a sniall clip with the proper price indicating character or symbol thereon, and substitute it for the one formerly thereon, without in any way removing the sup lemental plate or the .main pla-te from thep ace where used.

lllltl good for a year, then'shortly thereafter and` Having now described my. invention,I I 2. A plrmanent license plate in combinacIaim: tion wit a year plate and interchangeable 1. A perpetual automobilee'license plate means to .coperate with said year plate `comprisln a permanent main plate having to indicate different classifications of the 5 thereon c aracters indicating 'the license object licensed, said interchangeable means 2o number and State,asmaller year plate adaptbelng removably held in fixed relation to edto be attached thereto and having thereon said year plate and holding said permanent characters indicating the license number, and year plates in fixed position. license period and State, 'and a third plate `In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe i 10 having thereon characters, indicating classimy name to this specification in the presence 25 fcation of the automobile, said third plate 'of two witnesses.

having means tocco-act with said main plate RUDD HARDESTY. and said smaller year `plate to removably Witnesses: hold the three plates in Xed relation with J. V. RUSH,

15 respect to each other. H. E, GLENN. 

